Forty breathtaking short stories of gripping adventures secrets and strange conspiracies.<br><br>'The Dust That Was Barren' by P. C. Wren<br><br>'The Deserter' by Stacy Aumonier<br><br>'The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand' by J. S. Fletcher<br><br>'The Secret of the Smoked Spectacles' by William Le Queux<br><br>'The 39 Steps' by John Buchan<br><br>'Three Pennyworth of Luck' by Basil Murray<br><br>'The Secret of Dr. Vaux’s Intrigue' by William Le Queux<br><br>'A Thread of Scarlet' by J. J. Bell<br><br>'How I Became a Secret Agent' by Dr. A. K. Graves<br><br>'The Adventure of the Mazzarin Stone' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle<br><br>'The Lake' by W. F. Harvey<br><br>'The Coffin Merchant' by Richard Middleton<br><br>'The Earl the Warder and the Wayward Heiress' by J. S. Fletcher<br><br>'The Victim' by Perceval Gibbon<br><br>'Over an Absinthe Bottle' by W. C. Morrow<br><br>'The Paradise of Thieves' by G. K. Chesterton<br><br>'The Secret of the Black Bag' by William Le Queux<br><br>'The Vampire' by Jan Neruda<br><br>'The Mind-Readers' by Edgar Wallace<br><br>'The Mysterious Card' by Cleveland Moffet<br><br>Plus 20 more gripping adventure stories.